Example sentences of "[verb] there for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over there they have lots of servants , and her mother asks me if I would like to work there for a year , looking after Charlotte , so that Nicola could come and stay with them . |
| 2 | Yes he had booked there for a week , I think it was for a business meeting with Mr Sandy , that 's all I know . |
| 3 | Following the thought of my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) , may I invite the Minister to come there for a walk with his dog on Christmas day to envisage the damage that the new road will cause ? |
| 4 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 5 | Then his glance flicked down to her mouth , lingered there for a moment — and she just knew that he was remembering those kisses they had shared . |
| 6 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 7 | Just pausing there for a moment , can you point out to Mr Inspector where that er building was to be developed , Mrs ? |
| 8 | Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’ |
| 9 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 10 | Stop there for a moment or two before standing up . |
| 11 | And they stop there for a bit , when they 've gone past the start . |
| 12 | Nanny and baby could both be accommodated there for a while . |
| 13 | It 's important that we do n't lose but we wo n't be going there for a draw . ’ |
| 14 | They may be absolutely fine , and if you 're going there for a number of years , you 've probably got no er problem with them , but of course the smaller the organization the simpler is , it is for other erm factors to creep in . |
| 15 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 16 | We stand there for a second or two . |
| 17 | You sit there , then you get up and you walk to one end of your cell , which is n't very far , stand there for a little while , then you walk back , look out the window , and all the thoughts go through your mind — I could be out there , your children , friends , what you 'd be doing if you was out there . |
| 18 | I stand there for a second , before stepping back . |
| 19 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 20 | Well while you 're just having look there for a minute I 'm gon na nip to the basement and straight back up again ok , I wo n't be a minute . |
| 21 | The second thing I did n't know , she er , she worked eighteen , she worked for eighteen months in London , arrived there for a holiday , and er , from being eighteen , so sh , this now will explain why she 's quite mature as I said she 's still very young , and that . |
| 22 | A snowflake touched the glass , stuck there for a moment then melted . |
| 23 | And I could put myself down as in case I get there for a day or two . |
| 24 | Walked there for a start . |
| 25 | We walked from Little Thomham to Steams of Shimpling ; and we walked there for a week . |
| 26 | It goes as far as it can and waits there for a while , its big eyes staring up , tantalized . |
| 27 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 28 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 29 | The last gleam of sun touched the ruined battlements as they watched , hung there for a moment like a tattered cloth caught on a briar , and was gone . |
| 30 | He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held . |